...They were the leaders. Nobody ever faults you for owning the leaders," said Charles White, portfolio manager at Avatar Associates. "Now all of a sudden, we are seeing some cracks in their stories, and nobody has any stomach for it."

...remainder of the year. "The market was looking for some reason to bounce," said Charles White, portfolio manager for Avatar Associates, who called Thursday's run-up a bear market rally. The boost from Dell, a technology bellwether, was enough...

...side, we are getting to some levels of fairly significant pessimism," said Charles White, portfolio manager for Avatar Associates. Analysts say the mood of the market must plummet to truly miserable levels to hit bottom and then head higher again...

...the stock market. "What we really need to see are stronger earnings," said Charles White, portfolio manager at Avatar Associates. "This will help, but it's not enough by itself." Indeed, most analysts say a decline in the dollar would...

...worst is behind us. And, unfortunately, that evidence is not there," said Charles White, portfolio manager at Avatar Associates. This past week, after a disappointing third-quarter earnings season, the telecom company BellSouth and fiber...

...might have further to fall. "Listen, we are in for a grind here," said Charles White, portfolio manager at Avatar Associates in New York. "It doesn't mean stock prices have to go materially lower, but it means that the catalyst for being...

...needed to see. They wanted to get rid of uncertainty and this helped," said Charles White, portfolio manager at Avatar Associates. Despite the comeback, the thousands of job cuts at Boeing, American Airlines and others following the attacks...

...Is this the beginning of a major upleg? I just don't think so," said Charles White, portfolio manager for Avatar Associates. "Until we get some real, palpable evidence of a second-half (2002) recovery, and capital spending in technology...